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My question is if these prices are algorithmically generated, and borderline pseudo-random, will they actually honor the quoted price? What if I tried to sign u
by whoopdedo 5y ago
My question is if these prices are algorithmically generated, and borderline pseudo-random, will they actually honor the quoted price? What if I tried to sign up but injected some javascript that created my own imaginary price. Would I be able to convince the system to accept this number, and what proof would AT&T have that their frontend didn't actually show it to me at some point?
Cynically, I suspect that the fabricated number will be disregarded when it comes time to signing a contract, and you will always be presented with one of the same small number of rate buckets. That may be higher or lower than what you saw on the website. If you complain a service rep will be able to drop you into a lower bucket, but they predict that most people will either not care or not notice the price. Not until you get your first bill.
- twistedpair 5y agoUsed to be checkouts for things like hotel wifi passed the price as an unvalidated URL param. All you had to do was change `&price=9.99` to `&price=0.01` and you got cheap wifi.